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Meal families

Cold starters

Crab aspic with herbs

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Beef

Grilled entrecote with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with herbs

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Desserts

Condé peaches

Vanilla rice pudding cake topped with peaches in syrup.

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Others

Almas caviar

Caviar from Iran.

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Poultry

Duck breast Rossini

Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.

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Desserts

Praline succès cake

Macaron filled with praline cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Provençal scallops

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Tutti-frutti ice cream bombe

Ice cream bomb : ice cream in a spherical or semi-spherical Ihape.
Vanilla and strawberry ice cream duo, served with candied fruit and fresh strawberries.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.

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Cold starters

Meze

Eastern Mediterranean.
Small dishes (ten to one hundred, with eggplant caviar, dolmas, vegetable salads, tabbouleh, etc.) served on small plates (like antipasti) for a party or family meal to accompany alcoholic beverages.

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Cold starters

Pike mousse with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream with a julienne of vegetable

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle with rice

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